Stool for tables



(No Model.)

' J. JACKSON.

STOOL FOR TABLES, COUNTERS, &c.

No. 484,719. Patented Oct. 18, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB JACKSON, OF FORT HOWARD, WISCONSIN.

STOOL FOR TABLES, COUNTERS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,719, dated October 18, 1892.

Application filed May 28, 1892.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ACOB J AoKsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Howard, in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stools for Tables, Counters,

'&0., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved tablestool which is equally adapted to serve as a counter-stool; and it has for its object to permit the ready folding of the stool in under the table or against the counter when not in use.

To these ends the invention consists in the features of construction and combination or arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a detail vertical sectional elevation showing my invention applied to a table. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the seat, its standard, and the curved supporting-- bracket. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the curved supporting-bracket, showing the split or divided socket separated therefrom. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the seat, showing a portion of the bifurcated standard. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the Socket-casting which carries the seat, and Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken on a line at right angles to that of Fig. 4.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a curved bracket A, having one end freely let into a two-part or split socket a ct, bolted to the under side of the table I), having its lower end about flush with the lower edge of a side piece of the leg-frame to permit said bracket to swing clear thereof in folding the latter under the table. The inner end portion of the seat-bracket A is preferably cylindrical, as at 0. and has a cross-pin or opposite lateral studs 0 c, projecting therefrom nearits reduced extreme inner end a adapted to engage parallel vertical grooves c c in the socket a a, while the cylindrical portion a is adapted to rest in a circular bearing a in the lower end of the socket to aid, with said extreme inner end a engaging a notch or cavity a at the bottom of said socket, in holding said bracket in a horizontal position when swung or folded under the table. The upper end of the circular bearing a communicates with a horizontal annular groove 19, formed Serial No. 434,739. (No model.)

in the socket-sections a a to receive the crosspin or studs 0 c, and above the said groove the socket is formed with a recess 17 to receive the upper end a of the cylindrical portion a of the bracket A.

B is a forked or bifurcated standard having a sliding connection with the outer end of the bracket A, and its branches or arms B are provided with inturned meeting toes or lugs 61, adapted to be sprung apart when said arms or branches are spread apart by the application of pressure thereto in the required direction, said arms, with their toes or lugs, automatically returning to their original position when pressure is removed therefrom.

To permit the ready connection of the bracket A with the standard B, the arms of the latter are curved or extended laterally, as at B at their juncture with the foot of said standard, thus providing thereat an enlargement of the slot or space between said arms, into which the end of the bracket is first inserted prior to slipping or passing it upward between said arms in effecting said connection. This enlargement also permits the standard to be turned downward for folding beneath the table or counter.

O is the seat, of suitable construction, having let into and secured to its under side a socket-castin g e, whose cavity or socket proper f terminates at its lower end in an approximately-rectangular extension f, whose longitudinal axis is at right angles to the depth of cavity f, and across the lower side of said socket extension 6' is a stop 6 received between the branches or arms B of the standard. or leg B. It will therefore be seen that by pressing or pulling upward on the seat 0, into whose socket or cavity e the upper end of the standard B is inserted, the seat can be swung to one side of said standard for the compact folding of the same with the standard and bracket when swung under the table, out of the way. It will be observed that when the bracketA is projected or swung out from under the table it is locked against swinging or folding vertically, as it would otherwise do, by causing its studs 0 c to pass into the horizontal groove 1), which is effected by moving the bracket vertically until the studs 0 c register with the groove 1) and then turning or rotating the bracket.

To adjust the parts into position for occupying the seat, the end a of the cylindrical portion a is withdrawn from the notch 'or cavity 0 and the bracket is then swung downward on the studs 0 c, after which the bracket is raised until the end a enters the recess b and the studs register with the groove 1), in which said studs are moved out of alignment with the vertical grooves o c, which movement swings the seat out from beneath the table.

It is obvious that the invention is equally adapted to serve as a counter-stool or in other position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. The combination of a socket-casting, a bracket having a cylindrical portion at one end journaled in the socket and adapted to swing therein at right angles to its axis of rotation, a forked standard having a lengthwise sliding connection with the other end of the bracket and adapted to swing thereupon in the arc of a circle, and means for retaining the bracket in a fixed position when its cylindrical portion is swung in the socket-casting at right angles to the axis of rotation of said cylindrical portion,substantiallyas described.

2. The combination, with the socket-castin g adapted to be secured to a fixture and having vertical grooves, of the bracket having a cylindrical end portion provided with a crosspin or lateral studs to engage the vertical grooves in the socket of the casting and a seat having a bifurcated standard which is slidable lengthwiseon the bracket, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the socket-casting having lateral grooves and a cylindrical bearing at its bottom, of the bracket having a cylindrical end portion provided with lateral studs and a reduced extremity to engage said grooves and cylindrical bearing, respectively, a seat, and its standard connected to said bracket, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the bifurcated standard having its arms or branches adapted to yield laterally and provided Wit-h meeting toes or studs and means for its attachment to a table or other fixture, of a seat having its socket terminating in a rectangular extension whose longitudinal axis is at right angles to the depth of said socket and provided with a stop across its lower side arranged between the laterally-yielding branches of the standard, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand and affixed my seal in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB JACKSON. n s.]

\Vitnesses:

E. MoRELL, C. II. J ORGENSEN. 

